Canceling-machine.



No. 829,230. PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906. A. B. POPE.

CANGELING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAB-10. 1906.

f /T/VESSES.' "Y 1 NVENTO MM 'A E( 0r l y ATTGRNEYS ARTHUR BONDl FCPE, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatentedl Align 211, 129m Application filed March 10, 190B. Serial No. 305.256-

To all' whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BOND POPE, a citizen o the United States, and a residaent of Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Canceling-Machine, of which the following is a vfull, clear7 and exact deseription.

The invention relates to hand canceling devices Afor the use of postal authorities to cancel mail-matter; and its object is to rovide a new and improved canceling-linac line which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit the operator to quickly produce a clear impression on the ostagc stamp or stamps to be canceled even if such stamps are applied on uneven surfaces.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corres ending parts in both views.

4ig'ure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line 2 2 oi Fig. 1.

A printing-roller A has its shaft B journaled in suitable bearings on the main frame C, provided with a handle D, adapted to be taken hold of by the Operator to run the peripheral surface of the printing-roller A over the matter to be canceled. The peripheral surface of the printing-roller A receives ink by being in contact with the peripheral surface of an inking-roller E, having its shaft lF slidably journaled in elongated slots C', formed in the main frame C, the said shaft l" being also journaled in an adjusting-frame G, preferablyT made U shape and provided at its middle portion with a screw-rod G', slidably engaging the main frame C, the nut G2 of the said screw-rod screwing against the outer face of the said main frame C. A spring H, coiled on the screw-rod G', is interposed between the main iframe C and the adjustin frame G, so that the inking-roller VE 'is he d with the desired force in peripheral engagement with the Vrintin roller A, so that the canceling-ink o the in ing-roller E is transmitted to the peripheral type-face of the printing-roller A.

It is understood that by adjusting the nut G2 the frictional contact between the inkingroller E and the printing-roller A can be regulated to a nicety. When the nut G2 is screwed up on the screw-rod G', then the adjustinge frame G is moved outwardly, and with it the hiking-roller E, to disengage the latter from the printing-roller A, and While the inki'ngroller E is in this Withdrawn condition it can be readily inked by passing it over a lass )late or other surface on which the canoe ingmk is spread.

A casing I is secured to the main frame C, so as to protect the inking-roller E and the major portion of the printing-roller A to prevent dust and other impurities from passing onto the said rollers.

The printing-roller A is meier-ably constructed with a rim A', of rubber or other suitable material, carrying type representing the name of a particular post-oiiice, and the rim A is held on a core A2, preferably made of wood and on which are secured tace-plates A3, extending onto the inner portions of the rim A', so as to hold the latter against transverse movement, as will be readily understoodV by reference to Fig. 2. The core A2 of the rinting-roller A is provided with a weig 1t A to automatically return thc pri-nting-roller A to a starting position-that is, to bring the beginning of the name of the postoilice indicated by the type on the rim A' into a lrirwcrmost or bottom position, so that when the printing-roller A is run over the mail-matter to be canceled then the name of the post-oflice is printed over the stamp or stamps, thus canceling the latter, at the same time clearly indicating the forwarding post-oilice.

The hiking-roller E is provided with a rim E', preferably made of feit to readily absorb the canceling-ink and to properly ink the type on the rim A of the printing-roller A. The rim E is attached to a core E2, of wood or other material, and transverse movement of the riln E' is prevented by the )rojecting ends of face-plates E3, secured to t e faces of the core E. As shown in F ig. 2, the rim E is somewhat wider than the rim A', so as to insure a complete inking oi' the type on the rim A'.

The shaft B is preferably screw-threaded at its outer ends for receiving nuts B' to hold the shaft in position on the main frame C and to allow of convenient removal of the shaft on unscrcwing the nuts B whenever it is desired to remove the printing-roller for re- TOO IIO

newal of the type-rim A in ease the latter is worn ou t. i

By the arrangement described the operator can run the printing-roller A quickly over the stamps to be canceled and in ra )id suoeession over a large amount of mai -matter without requiring inking of the inking-roller E, as the rim E thereof is saturated with sufiieient ink to last a considerable length of time. It is understood that as the impressions become fainter it is only necessary for the o erator to unserew the nut Gr2 corresponcingly to move the rim E with more force in Contact with the rim A oi the printing-roller A, so as to deliver more ink to the peripheral surface of the rim A. When it is desired to reink the inking-roller E, it is only necessary to remove the easing I and then to serew the nut G2 until the inking-roller E is completely free of the printing-roller A, and then the peripheral surface of the inkingroller E ean be run over a plate on which the ink is s iread, so that the ink is readily absorbed y the rim E of the inking-roller E. Uien this has been done, the easing I is replaced and the nut G2 adjusted to allow the spring H to press the inking-roller in Contact with the printing-roller A.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti 1. A canceling-machine comprising a main frame, a printing-roller ournaled on the said main frame, an mking-roller having its shaft slidably journaled in the said inain frame, an adjusting-trame engaging the shaft of the i hiking-roller and provided with a screw-rod slidably engaging the said main frame, and a s )ring interposed between the said 'frames to ailow of regulating the tension of the spring by adjustiiig the nut of the screw-rod to hold the hiking-roller with more o1' less `force in peripheral eontaet with the said printingroller, the adjusting of the said screw-rod nut also permitting of drawing the hiking-roller completely free of the rinting-roller to allow inking of the inking-ro ler.

2. A canceling-machine coin )rising a main frame, a printing-roller journalled on the said main frame, a weight on the said printingroller to autol'natioally return the saine to a starting position, an hiking-roller having its shaft slidably journaled in the said main frame, an adjusting-frame engaging the shaft of the inking-roller and provided with a screw-rod slidably engaging the said main frame, and a spring interposed between the said frames to allow of regulating the tension of the spring by adjusting the nut of the screw-rod to hold the hiking-roller with more or less force in ueripheral Contact with the said printing-roller, the adjusting of the said` screw-rod nut also permitting of drawing the inhing-roller completely free of the rintingroller to allow inlilng of the inking-ro ler.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this speeieation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR BOND POPE Titti esses I Jol-1N J. BAUER, J. D. CORNELL. 

